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We discretize the Vlasov-Poisson system using conservative semi-Lagrangian (CSL) discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes that are asymptotic preserving (AP) in the quasi-neutral limit. The proposed method (CSLDG) relies on two key ingredients:…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Xiaofeng Cai , Linghui Kong , Dmitri Kuzmin , Li Shan

The Swift-Hohenberg equation as a central nonlinear model in modern physics has a gradient flow structure. Here we introduce fully discrete discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes for a class of fourth order gradient flow problems, including…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-02 Hailiang Liu , Peimeng Yin

We design a consistent Galerkin scheme for the approximation of the vectorial modified Korteweg-de Vries equation. We demonstrate that the scheme conserves energy up to machine precision. In this sense the method is consistent with the…

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Fusion energy offers the potential for the generation of clean, safe, and nearly inexhaustible energy. While notable progress has been made in recent years, significant challenges persist in achieving net energy gain. Improving plasma…

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Convection-diffusion-reaction equations are a class of second-order partial differential equations widely used to model phenomena involving the change of concentration/population of one or more substances/species distributed in space.…

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We introduce a novel meshless simulation method for the McKean-Vlasov Stochastic Differential Equation (MV-SDE) utilizing deep learning, applicable to both self-interaction and interaction scenarios. Traditionally, numerical methods for…

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This work presents the mathematical and computational aspects of a smooth dissipative particle dynamics with dynamic virtual particle allocation method (SDPD-DV) for modeling and simulation of mesoscopic fluids in wall-bounded domains. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-24 Jun Yang

We present a new class of structure-preserving semi-discrete continuous-discontinuous Galerkin (CG-DG) finite element schemes for linear and nonlinear hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations on unstructured simplex meshes that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Rémi Abgrall , Michael Dumbser , Pierre-Henri Maire , Enrico Zampa

In this paper, we present an entropy-stable Gauss collocation discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method on 3D curvilinear meshes for the GLM-MHD equations: the single-fluid magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) equations with a generalized Lagrange…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-25 Andrés M Rueda-Ramírez , Florian J Hindenlang , Jesse Chan , Gregor J Gassner

A discontinuous Galerkin method for the ideal 5 moment two-fluid plasma system is presented. The method uses a second or third order discontinuous Galerkin spatial discretization and a third order TVD Runge-Kutta time stepping scheme. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 John Loverich , Ammar Hakim , Uri Shumlak

We present an efficient and accurate energy-conserving implicit particle-in-cell~(PIC) algorithm for the electrostatic Vlasov system, with particular emphasis on its high robustness for simulating complex plasma systems with multiple…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-11-21 Zhuoning Li , Zhenli Xu , Zhiguo Yang

We formulate a data-driven method for constructing finite volume discretizations of a dynamical system's underlying Continuity / Fokker-Planck equation. A method is employed that allows for flexibility in partitioning state space,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-10 Andre N. Souza

We deal with the numerical solution of the time-dependent partial differential equations using the adaptive space-time discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method. The discretization leads to a nonlinear algebraic system at each time level, the size…

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We develop and analyze a class of structure-preserving discontinuous Galerkin schemes for the nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck model, reformulated as a hyperbolic system through a Hermite expansion in the velocity variable. We…

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The semi-Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin method, coupled with a splitting approach in time, has recently been introduced for the Vlasov--Poisson equation. Since these methods are conservative, local in space, and able to limit numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-14 Lukas Einkemmer

We present a general family of subcell limiting strategies to construct robust high-order accurate nodal discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes. The main strategy is to construct compatible low order finite volume (FV) type discretizations…

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In this paper, we present a model based on a local thermodynamic equilibrium, weakly ionized plasma-mixture model used for medical and technical applications in etching processes. We consider a simplified model based on the Maxwell-Stefan…

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Fourier spectral discretizations belong to the most straightforward methods for solving the unmagnetized Vlasov--Poisson system in low dimensions. In this article, this highly accurate approach is extended two the four-dimensional…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-07-12 Jakob Ameres

We present a new Vlasov code for collisionless plasmas in the nonrelativistic regime. A Darwin approximation is used for suppressing electromagnetic vacuum modes. The spatial integration is based on an extension of the flux-conservative…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Schmitz , R. Grauer

We propose a novel structure preserving discretization for viscous and resistive magnetohydrodynamics. We follow the recent line of work on discrete least action principle for fluid and plasma equation, incorporating the recent advances to…

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